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Grandmothers are generally known as the best cooks on the face of the earth, mostly because they sprinkle a little bit of love into everything they make (awww). Now you can get some of that Nana love over at What’s Cooking Grandma?, a fun site with dozens of videos of various grandmothers all over the world sharing their recipes.

In celebration of National Chocolate Chip Day, I made this delicious dessert. I always love the wonderful smell that fills the house when I make chocolate chip desserts. Warmed chocolate chip cake and a scoop of Blue Bunny Homemade Vanilla ice cream made this a hit for an after dinner treat.

Prep: 20 minutes
Bake: 45-50 minutes
Makes: 10-15 slices

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 package (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chunks/chips

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
3. Add the egg and vanilla until well beaten. Add flour mixture and beat on low until well blended.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Spread into 9-inch pan.
6. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack before serving.

The other day as I was sitting in my car listening to Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” I was contemplating the biggest mystery of life–what’s for dinner?

I was eating alone and figured I’d eat some leftovers. I scanned the fridge to find some leftover pizza, a hamburger, and a half empty jar of Alfredo sauce. I was thinking I could use the Alfredo sauce for something, but since I was eating alone I didn’t want to make such a big hoopla.

Oh well, I pulled out the sauce, grabbed a thawed piece of chicken, and made some Cajun spices. My end product was Cajun blackened chicken Alfredo fettuccine with asparagus, whew. Okay, this dish was so delicious, it was definitely worth the hoopla!

In the end, I decided that even though I was only cooking for one, food should always taste great (or at least, when it’s in your power to make it so), regardless of who you’re serving. Just because I wasn’t making dinner for others doesn’t mean I can’t treat myself to a little delish dish of my own.

Prep: >5 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp. paprika
• 1 tbsp. onion powder
• 1 tbsp. garlic powder
• 1 tbsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 tbsp. white pepper
• 1 tbsp. black pepper
• 1 tbsp. ground oregano
• 1 tbsp. ground thyme
• 1 tbsp. table salt

Steps

1. Cajun rub is so versatile and tastes great on many different kinds of meat (salmon, steak, chicken, shrimp, etc.).
2. Just rub the meat with a little oil or butter and sprinkle the Cajun spice according to how spicy you want it.
3. Put it on the grill, in a skillet, or in the stove, and voila, yummy deliciousness!